Flag Day is celebrated every June 14. It is a Federal holiday that passes with little comment. New London’s main street is carefully decorated with flags. Everyone enjoys seeing them wave in the breeze, but few know why. The history of Flag Day observance does not contain an actual start date, place and time. President … [Read more…]
Phillip Rothwell takes up the post in the school’s development office in September. Mr Rothwell joins King’s from Warwick Schools Foundation, where he set up the development office in 2011 and has been foundation director of development for the past five years, responsible for the communities of all the schools in the foundation. He was … [Read more…]
By DAVID A. LIEB and ANDREW DeMILLO – Associated Press More than 1 million people have been dropped from Medicaid in the past couple months as some states moved swiftly to halt health care coverage following the end of the coronavirus pandemic. Most got dropped for not filling out paperwork. Though the eligibility review is … [Read more…]
Speaking on the Formula E movement, Iain Banner says while it’s great to stage an international project like this in Africa, there needs to be a purpose. “When people say, Mother Nature, the environment, is in trouble. She’s not in trouble; she might be hurting. But, when she’s ready, with one flick of her tail, … [Read more…]
Design by Kanami Yamashita Visual Arts The Frye Art Museum features “Formations” by Kelly Akashi from June 17 – September 10, 2023. Akashi is known for her materially hybrid works that are compelling both formally and in concept. The show encompasses work made over the past decade and a newly commissioned series in … [Read more…]
A WOMAN who stabbed a man four times said she had been drunk and couldn’t recall carrying out the attack. Reda Malone, 42, was jailed for two years and seven months after stabbing a man in his 40s at her home in The Spinney, Warwick, on 25th March following an argument. A&E staff at Warwick … [Read more…]
Shortly after parking his car Monday morning, Ryan P. Haygood — replete in a navy suit he calls his “armor” — stood to take in the Perth Amboy marina. He noticed, as a slight breeze made its way through, a cargo ship ambled by. “This was one of the major ports into which enslaved Black … [Read more…]
Building work on Allan Border Oval’s new pavilion has finally resumed, after lengthy delays caused by the financial collapse of the project’s original contractor. Civil design and building firm Lloyd Group slumped into voluntary administration in March, leaving 59 significant structures in limbo, including the state-of-the-art sports facility located on Myahgah Rd. Original contracted builders … [Read more…]
MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Today is Juneteenth, long a celebration for Black Americans and now a federal holiday. Broadly speaking, it commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, and that history was made possible in part by the Emancipation Proclamation issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, in the middle of … [Read more…]
A lot of people enjoy making playlists by year, which is why we’re here to tell you the 35 best songs from 1985. Read our list below and see if you agree with what we think are some of the hottest tunes to put onto your music playlist. 1. Like A Virgin – Madonna First … [Read more…]